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Object of the Study

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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

A. Object of the Study

The object of the study is the novel by Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning which is published by Harper Collins Publisher in the year of 1999. It consists of 162 pages. It is his first c hildren’s book that he wrote. This book is the first book of planned thirteen series. In addition to its strong reviews, A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning won multiple literary awards, there are the Colorado Childrens Book Award, the Nevada Young Readers Award, 3 IRA or CBC Children Choice Award, Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice, Quill Book Award and Nene Award http:www.kidsbookseries.com 10 October 2012. This novel has sold more than 60 million copies and translated into 41 languages. This book was filmed and played on the theater on 2004 by Nickelodeon Movies as the producer, starring Jim Carey as the villain actor, Count Olaf http:movies.nytimes.com 6 November 2012. This book is different from other children books, because the common children book usually has happy ending, but not for this book which is the reverse. This book told about the three young Baudelaire children who lost their parents in terrible fire in their house. Then, their parents’ executor, Mr. Poe, sent Baudelaire children to stay with a family member name Count Olaf who treated them poorly and made them do many difficult chores. Count Olaf knew that the three Baudelaire children have a big fortune, especially for Violet, who is the heiress of Baudelaire’s fortune. Then, Count Olaf made a plan to take over Baudelaire’s fortune. Count Olaf tries some efforts to get Baudelaire’s fortune. One of his plans, Count Olaf puts Violet in his tricky play, which is to play in his fake play performance named The Marvelous Marriage, in order to marry Violet legally and take over her fortune. But, the plan fails because Violet signed the document with the wrong hand. Mr. Poe, Justice Strauss, and the audience knew Count Olaf’s bad plan which is to take over Baudelaire’s fortune. Then, Mr. Poe gave order to arrest Count Olaf; unfortunately, one of Count Olaf’s theater troupes turned off the light. In the darkness, Count Olaf escaped from the theater before the police came.

B. Approach of the Study

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